Резултати и искуства етнографских истраживања Словака у Мађарској
Results and experiences of ethnographic research of Slovaks in Hungary

Author(s): Anna Kováčová
Subject(s): Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: Slovaks in Hungary; Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary; ethnographic program; ethnographic camps
Summary/Abstract: At the initiative of Slovak intellectuals from Békéscsaba, the Association of Slovaks in Hungary founded the Slovak Research Institute in Hungary (Výskumný ústav Slovákov v Maďaršku) in this city in 1990. This institution was the first among the scientific institutions of national minorities in the country. Since 2001, the Research Institute has belonged to the Slovak Self-Government, which guarantees its budgetary financing. The Research Institute is an institution for interdisciplinary social research. The most important areas of research are history, cultural anthropology, sociology, ethnography, pedagogy and sociolinguistics. The associates of this interdisciplinary social research center study the tradition, history, cultural history and current state of the Slovak language in Hungary over the past 300 years, and in addition, they analyze those social processes that concern the current minority status of Slovaks in Hungary, primarily church and social life, national and ethnic identity; they also study the history and cultural history of those regions in Hungary inhabited by Slovaks. Within the scope of the activities of this Institute, the ethnographic program is of great importance, which is largely realized through the work of ethnographic camps. These camps have been organized since 1977 every or every other year in Slovak settlements, and the participants have the task of processing various aspects of ethnographic heritage in an appropriate environment. This text describes in detail the organization, activities, and presentation of the results of the camps through various publications, from native studies to larger analyses and syntheses of the folk culture of Slovaks in Hungary.

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